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The station, which links the capital with Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow, is preparing for the new £55.7 billion high speed rail route HS2.

A Virgin spokesman said: "We expect our services on both routes to be very busy from Friday to Monday, and are advising customers to avoid travelling on our west coast route on Saturday or Sunday unless necessary."

Major disruption is also being caused by works at Waterloo, London Bridge, Liverpool Street and Paddington.

Platforms 1 to 14 are currently closed at Waterloo as part of work to lengthen platforms to accommodate longer trains causing havoc yesterday.

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Trains were also disrupted after Euston station was closed as part of engineering works

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Eerie images show the usually packed station completely deserted

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Euston is preparing for for the new £55.7 billion high speed rail route HS2

National Express, the UK's largest coach operator, is putting on an extra 4,000 seats over the weekend to destinations affected by the Euston and Waterloo work.

Between today and September 2 there will be no Southeastern services to or from London Bridge, Waterloo East and Charing Cross as work continues to rebuild London Bridge and the surrounding railway.

Modernisation work means services between Cardiff and Newport will be reduced until September 3, while no trains will operate between Swindon and Bristol Parkway from Saturday until September 17.

Around five million motorists are expected to embark on leisure journeys on Monday, which is up by nearly one million on the total in 2016.

Travel trade organisation Abta estimated 2.1 million British holidaymakers will travel abroad over the weekend with Spain, Turkey and Greece among the most popular destinations.

Heathrow expects 243,000 departing passengers tomorrow alone, while an estimated 304,000 will fly from Gatwick over the entire weekend.